CHRONOLOGY OF SCIENCE
1 SETTING THE FOUNDATION: SCIENCE IN ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE FIRST CENTURY B C E INTRODUCTION TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS BEFORE THE FIRST CENTURY C E CHRONOLOGY: CA 1,800,000 B C E –CA 9 B C E MEASURING TIME IN THE ANCIENT WORLD DISCOVERING THE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD CONCLUSION 2 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE: FIRST CENTURY C E – 13TH CENTURY C E TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN THE FIRST CENTURY C E AND THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY CHRONOLOGY: FIRST CENTURY–CA THE ALCHEMISTS THE ORIGIN OF MODERN NUMERALS TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 1300 AND CONTENTS DEVELOPING THE TOOLS AND METHODS OF MODERN SCIENCE ASTRONOMY IN THE RENAISSANCE TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 1636 AND PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS THE MICROSCOPE AND BIOLOGY TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 1760 TO DISCOVERING THE ELEMENTS THEORIES OF GEOLOGICAL CHANGE TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 1851 AND THEORIES OF EVOLUTION FINDING THE MICROORGANISMS THAT CAUSE DISEASE TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 1900 TO AWARDING SCIENCE THE BEGINNINGS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 1946 TO SCIENCE OF DNA EXPLORING SPACE TIME LINE: SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 1980 TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMPUTERS AND SCIENCE FURTHER READING SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES